"I've been looking for a job ever since I graduated last year. When I started, it was for paid work, but I soon realised that was unlikely, so I thought I'd have a better chance with an unpaid internship." Like 40,000 other students who graduated from university last summer, Craig is still trying to land his first full-time job. As a stop-gap, he is working for free for a marketing company. "It's something you need to do at the moment to get experience," he says.The government is eager for others to follow in Craig's footsteps and sees internships as a means for new graduates to earn valuable vocational experience. Eighteen months ago, the Department for Business Innovation and Skills set up the Graduate Talent Pool, a website for England that is currently advertising just under 9,000 intern vacancies. However, approximately a third of these posts offer only expenses, even though they can last for six months or longer. Check this out ...